Apparatus for putting phonograph records in order after use



April 15, 1941. T. TSUCHIY A APPARATUS FOR PUTTING PHONOGRAPH RECORDS IN ORDER AFTER USE Filed Feb. 1, 1939 kNns m;mmmm IN I INVENTOR:

TSURUKICHI TJUCHWA- ORNEYQ crescent-shaped arm, parts thereof away and means or boards having Patented Apr. 15, 1941 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE Tsuruklchi Tsnchiya, Shintomi-Cho, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan Application February 1, 1939, Serial No. 254,043

Claims.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for putting .phonographic recordsin order after use, which consists in providing boards or support means having inclined portions or surfaces at the front upper sides and a record supporting frame pivoted to the backs, side by side on the upper side wall of the casing of a talking machine, holding the lower end of a record in the included angle formed by the said inclined portions or surfaces of the boards and a crescent-- shaped arm pivoted to the front parts of the said boards or supports when the said arm turns with the record on it, and thus putting the records slowly in order after use on the said boards, the record supporting frame being able to rise and fall freely.

One of the objects of this invention is to pro-. vide an improved construction of an apparatus for putting records in order after use, in which the previously-played records are put in order on boards by a simple means by lifting a record as it is carried on a crescent-shaped arm and transferring it in succession on to the boards.

The other object is to provide a record supporting frame whichis used in putting records in order after use on the boards. It is constructed in such a manner that it can rise and fall freely,

if desired.

The accompanying drawing shows a preferred form of the apparatus exemplifying the present 30.

invention:

Figure 1 is a side view of "the apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2, a perspective view when a crescent- 35 shaped arm has been turned upward;

Figure 3, an enlarged view showing the manner of operation;

Figure 4, an enlarged view of a .part of the away;

Figure 5, an enlarged side view of a rerord supporting -frame, parts thereof being broken Figure 6, a section of the record supporting frame taken along the line ,YI-VI of Figure 5. s

In the drawing, l represents the support inclined portions or surfaces at the front upper sides and provided side by side on the upper side wall! of thecasing of a talking machine. A crescent-shaped arm] is pivoted to the front parts of the, said boards] by shafts or studs [and 4'. To the saidshaftlisrigidlysecuredoneendofarotatablerod I. iisanactuatingconnectingrod with one end pivoted to the rotatable rod being broken for supporting a record It.

The above record supporting frame I! has a U-shape' and has its both lower ends pivoted to the backs of the said boards respectively. Close to the said pivoted parts is a slot l5 containing board by a plate spring l6 secured to the pivot. When the supporting frame I! takes a vertical position, the ball i4 is fitted into the depression ll. of the board I and at the same time a stop pin it is engaged with a projection is at the lower part of the frame and keeps the frame in a vertical position. Thus, when this supporting frame stands straight, it can support the record as the latter is carried on to the boards, and when it has done its work, it may be folded on the casing simply by folding it down frontward. The following is the explanation of the manner of operating the apparatus according to this invention:

First, when the motive power from the prime mover is transmitted to the cam. operating shaft Ii in the usual way, the operating cam 9 is rotated to actuate the crank cam I, so that the actuating connecting rod. 6 and the rotatable rod 5 associated with this gearing are drawn to the left in the direction as indicated by an arrow in Figure 1 and consequently the crescentshaped arm 3 secured to'the shaft 4 which is fixed to the rotatable rod 5 is turned upward with the record IS on it.

At this time, when the said arm 3 reaches the position as indicated by a full line in Figure 3, the record has its lower end held lightly in the included angle between the inclined portion or surface of the board or fixed support I and the lower part of, the arm. Thus, its upper end is shifted from the arm 3 and becomes free. When the arm has turned further and passed the 'vertical position, the record tends to fall over lightly due to unstable equilibrium by the weight from above, but as it has its lower end held in the included angle between the inclined surface or incline and arm, it is limited in movement by this condition and falls slowly as indicated by a dotted line in Figure 3 till it stops for a moment .5 at the position as indicated by a chain line at the right end or .top of the incline portion of support I, and as'the previously-played records are delivered in succession by the following turn;-

5 and in: movements of the arm, they arepushedout a ball I which is always pressed against the forward and laid in order on the board or support I.

In this way, according to the present invention phonographic records may be put in order after use without sustaining any damage, by holding their lower ends by the inclined surfaces of the boards I and crescent-shaped arm 3 and making them lean slowly against the supporting frame i2.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for automatically transferring phonograph disk records from a turntable of a reproducing apparatus to a magazine or record storage means comprising a crescent-shaped record raising member pivoted to be swingable about an axis substantially parallel with the plane of the turntable from a position in which said record raising member at least partly surrounds said turntable below the level of the upper surface thereof to a substantially upright position and record storage means having mutually angularly disposed record supporting surface portions sloping at least in part away from the turntable for initially supporting a disk record in the angle formed between the record raising member during initial rising movement of the same and one of said record supporting surface portions sloping toward said turntable upon which the record raising member causes said record to ride, and said record storage means thereafter receiving the record upon a record supporting surface portion disposed at an angle to said sloping surface portion during the final portion of the rising movement of said record raising member.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherei the mutually angularly disposed record supporting surface portions of the record storage means respectively slope towards and away from the turntable so as to form-an angular peak or apex between, from which each record is caused to apart and from the turntable, a frame pivotally attached to said plates so as to be swingable thereon from a position from said turntable to a substantially upright position so as to form a stop means against which records may be stored upon said storage means, a plural stop means upon said plates for determining the upright position of said frame and the position in which it projects over the turntable.

5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the record storage means include two plates spaced apart and from the turntable and form support means to which the crescent-shaped record raising member is pivoted, there being means for actuating said latter member, upwardly projecting lugs upon said plates forming lower stop means for records deposited upon the record storage means and a swingable frame pivoted to said lugs so as to be swingable from a position in which it projects over the turntable to a substantially upright position in which it forms upper stop means for said records upon said storage means, there being also means for determining the upright position of said swingable frame and also the position thereof in which it projects over said turntable.

TSURUKICHI TSUCHIY A. 

